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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 1905

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Lunar month 630Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat24Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 831Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 5, 1905

Lunar 一九〇五年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1905-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1905-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1905-08-08

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1905-08-24

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸未

七月初五

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneBathingGroom nailsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

MarriageMove into a homeRelocateBuild a stoveOpen for businessTradeInstall doorsPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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